The Clovis Cougars will be playing at home against the Central Grizzlies at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
Clovis' hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Clovis East on Thursday. They lost 9-0 to the Timberwolves.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Central gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Clovis East a 10-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Central.
Sara Barbosa tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Bella Palma was a standout: she scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Cici Frazel, who went 2-for-2 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Clovis dropped their record down to 6-16-1 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6-1 record this season.
Clovis suffered a grim 14-0 defeat to Central in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Central's Kaia Galaviz, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Now that Clovis knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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